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SubjectRe: [linux-usb] __initcall diff, version 2


On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Randy Dunlap wrote:
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> I like the idea of this __initcall patch for USB.
> However, I've searched other 2.3.4x drivers and found
> very little use of __initcall.

It's fairly new. I heartily encourage initcalls, they are _much_ nicer
than explicit initialization. The explicit way only makes sense for (a)
old drivers and (b) code that requires certain ordering.

However, instead of using "__initcall" directly, I would suggest using
"module_init()" and "module_exit()". Which will do the right things for
drivers whether that driver is compiled as a module or not (basically, a
good driver these days should have NO code that is inside #ifdef MODULE
any more).

Linus


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